A Mexican newspaper reports today that four former Colombian military officers make regular trips to Mexico to participate in the training of Los Zetas drug cartel members. The paper says that Colombian officials have not yet identified the now retired officers, but they are under investigation by Colombian and Mexican police, as well as by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The training connection may have been established because some members of Los Zetas are former Mexican military, who had professional contacts with their Colombian counterparts.
According to the report, the training program is directed by two former Colombian army captains who once served time in a military prison for humans rights violations. They and two associates conduct the lucrative training at carefully guarded locations in Mexico. The Colombians set up the company in 2007. They are alleged to have also trained mercenaries in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.
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